— pericopal, pericopic /per'i kop"ik/ , adj.
/peuh rik"euh pee'/ , n. , pl. pericopes, pericopae /-pee'/ .
1. a selection or extract from a book.
2. lection (def. 2).
[ 1650-60; pericope section perikopé a cutting, equiv. to peri- PERI- + kopé a cutting ]